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Effective April 19, 2022, a $35 fee will apply to applications for a new Amateur Radio license, modification (upgrade and sequential call sign change), renewal, and vanity call signs.

FCC Announcement

ARRL Announcement

The December membership meeting will be held at 6pm on Wednesday, 9 December 2020 via the KL7DRC repeater (444.6+ PL 103.5), concurrently with the Wednesday Night Net, due to the ongoing COVID restrictions.  The Club will send out information on a telephone conference dial-in for those not able to attend via the repeater.  Agenda will include a review of 2020 accomplishments, vision and way-ahead for 2021 and regular club officer reports."

Members who have donated either equipment or cash to the club during the 2020 tax year can potentially deduct these amounts from their returns, as DARC is a tax-exempt non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization.  Please send an itemized list of contributions to Mr. Dean Jazzo, DARC Treasurer, for a receipt.  Also, keep DARC in mind if you are considering a donation for taxes in 2020."

The regular monthly membership meeting of the D.A.R.C. was held at the Diamond Willow Inn on Tuesday, 10 November and inaugurated the first annual D.A.R.C. Thanksgiving Potluck!  Club members enjoyed the typical Thanksgiving meal, with Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and a wonderful selection of sides provided by individual members.  A big 73 goes out to Sherri and Gordon Decker, owners of the hotel, Mrs. Shawna Kinsman, our club "Chef" who cooked the turkey and basics, and to each and every club member who participated and brought in a wide variety of delicious dishes.  A great event was had by all!

DARC Members:  Just a friendly reminder that the club will be holding an ARES Emergency Exercise in conjunction with ARRL S.E.T. next Saturday, 3 October from 9am until noon.  I have the following members or guests signed up:

Brian - KL2AV

Dean - KC7FWK

Scott - KL5AO

Val - KL5AQ

John - KL4O

Jerry - KL7EDK

Bill - KL7IDA

ARES Alert messaging will begin at the end of next week prior to Saturday.  To sign up please PM me or send an email.  This will be a fun, weather event-related exercise and we'll practice ICS-213 and Radiogram message formatting and sending, Net communications and coordination. Everyone is invited to join in!     73 - Jeff, KL2NL

DARC Members:  Good news!  We received our acceptance letter today from the IRS and we're officially a tax exempt organization!   A big THANK YOU to Dean KC7FWK for his efforts to get this done!  73 - Jeff KL2NL

KL7DRC.org went online on June 9th, 2020.  

New content and features will be added daily as we build the site.  

Please contact Jeff K (KL2NL) and/or Scott W (KL5AN) if you have any comments or ideas for KL7DRC.org.

On June 6, 2020 the following DARC members became hams!  Congrats to all!

• KL5AL - Christopher
• KL5AM - Jon
• KL5AN - Scott
• KL5AO - Audrey
• KL5AQ - Valerie

CONGRATULATIONS to our new hams that passed their FCC Technician license exam today!   Welcome to the amateur radio community and we're very glad to have you  as a part of the worldwide community of hams!

On May 29, 2020 Repeater 444.600 located on Miltan Ridge went online.

HAM

• 444.600 +5MHz PL 103.5
• 902.0125 +25MHz PL 141.3

GMRS

• 462.55 +5MHz PL 114.8